What changes next, and what it costs
How UK businesses plan for wages, energy, regulation and the bills that land next year.
The insolvency firm formerly called Begbies Traynor counted more stretched companies than at any point since 2004, though the number close to collapse fell by a fifth.
Feasibility studies, design fees and environmental assessments averaged £357,000 per business over five years, and a third of firms that run up these costs say they do not understand how they are taxed.
The UK's four governments want to ban carbon dioxide stunning of pigs after a three-year transition, and are asking the 12 slaughterhouses that use it how quickly they could switch.
The Independent Football Regulator wants the 116 clubs in England's top five divisions to fund its running costs from the 2027-28 season, about double the government's original estimate.
The brewer has advised pubs and bars to promote half pints, low and no-alcohol drinks and small plates of food as GLP-1 medicines change how some customers drink.
Each April's wage floor starts with a remit from government the spring before. Here is how the recommendation is reached and where the extra cost lands for employers.
Business energy is not covered by the household price cap, so the contract a firm signs decides how exposed it is to the next move in wholesale prices. Here are the main options and the costs inside them.
